The New Orleans Pelicans are the latest team to be without a head coach. They are now in the market, and just like that, the coaching carousel is back up and running. And this is a very interesting one. It all revolves around a Mr Tom Thibodeau. A man who might not even be looking for a job next season.
Sure it seems all but over between him and the Bulls front office but you never know. And it seems that teams don’t mind waiting for the possibility of signing the highly touted coach. One of those teams are the New Orleans Pelicans who have reportedly thrown their hat into the Thibs ring.
League sources confirmed on Wednesday that the Pelicans are waiting to see if the Chicago Bulls and coach Tom Thibodeau are going to part ways. If Thibodeau is let go by the Bulls, he could possibly emerge as a candidate for the Pelicans’ job.
In June 2010, Thibodeau was a finalist for the then-named New Orleans Hornets head coaching job with Williams. But the franchise turned its attention to Williams after Thibodeau, who was a Boston Celtics assistant at the time, indicated he planned to pursue the vacant Bulls job, which he took.
Now Thibodeau did the right thing taking the Bulls job, the Pelicans (back then the Hornets) job was so unattractive, especially when Chris Paul went to LA. But this time it’s different. The team got to the Playoffs despite injuries. Anthony Davis is a beast and will continue to be a beast for a minimum of another 10 years, possibly 15, it looks like a team with potential and with a good front office. They could be legitimate as soon as next year.
